Meaning of MIMETIC
| Pronunciation: | | mi'metik
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- [adj] exhibiting mimicry; "mimetic coloring of a butterfly"; "the mimetic tendency of infancy"- R.W.Hamilton
- [adj] characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis; "a mimetic dance"; "the mimetic presentation of images"
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| | Synonyms: | | imitative, representational |
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| | Definition: | | \Mi*met"ic\ (?; 277), Mimetical \Mi*met"ic*al\, [Gr. ?,
fr. ? to imitate.]
1. Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative.
2. (Biol.) Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals
and plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See
{Mimicry}.
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| | Related Terms: | | apish, delineatory, depictive, echoic, embodying, emulative, figurative, graphic, ideographic, illustrational, illustrative, imitative, incarnating, limning, mimic, mimish, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic, personifying, pictographic, pictorial, portraying, representational, representative, representing, simulative, symbolizing, typifying, vivid |
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